Essential Guide to the Cervical Spine - Volume One, 1st Edition

Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Contributors

Section I: The Cervical Spine: Anatomical and Functional Basis and Pain Patterns

1 Evolutionary Anatomy of the Human Vertebral Column Josep María Potau Ginés 2 Clinical Anatomy of the Cervical Spine Rafael Torres Cueco 3 Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine Rafael Torres Cueco 4 Clinical Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Craniocervical Spine Rafael Torres Cueco 5 Pain Patterns of the Cervical Spine Rafael Torres Cueco

Section II: Clinical Assessment of the Cervical Spine

6 Pathomechanics of Joint Dysfunction Rafael Torres Cueco, Enrique J. Lluch Girbés 7 Clinical Reasoning in the Manipulative Treatment of the Cervical Spine Darren A. Rivett 8 Clinical Evaluation Of The Patient Rafael Torres Cueco 9 Cervical Spine Imaging Eva Llopis San Juan, Sandra Gonzalez Ibañez 10 Electrodiagnostic Evaluation In Cervical Radiculopathy Silvia Parra Escorihuela, Elvira Millet Sancho

Section III: Treatment Approaches 11 Analgesic Effects of Manual Therapy Rafael Torres Cueco, Enrique J. Lluch Girbés, Moises Giménez-Costa, Mark D. Bishop 12 Manual Therapy of the Cervical Spine Rafael Torres Cueco, Moises Giménez Costa 13 Muscle Deficits in Neck Pain Disorders: Implications for the Rehabilitation of People with Neck Pain Deborah Falla 14 Diagnosis and Treatment of Muscular Pain Syndromes of the Cervical Spine Orlando Mayoral Del Moral, Isabel Salvat, Enrique J. Lluch Girbés, Rafael Torres Cueco 15 Cervical Spine and Mobilization of the Nervous System Rafael Torres Cueco, Carlos López Cubas, Eduardo Zamorano Zárate, David S. Butler

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Rafael Torres Cueco, President of the Spanish Society of Physiotherapy and Pain (Sociedad Española de Fisioterapia y Dolor SEFID); Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Valencia, Spain; Director of Masters program on Manual Therapy at the University of Valencia